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Updated: 11:16 PM PST Feb 16, 2018

Authorities say the bodies of two newborn twins have been found in a suitcase along the side of road in northeast Arkansas.WREG reported deputies found the bodies Friday afternoon in on a ditch bank along a County Road 602 in Wynne. The bodies were in a purple suitcase."It's hard to comprehend," Walter Hill, who lives in the area, said. "I mean, I wouldn't know why anyone would abandon two little babies like that."Detective Sergeant Jeffrey Nichols said the investigation is ongoing and they are asking the public for any information of the victims or a suspect. Nichols said his office has several persons of interest, but did not elaborate further.The bodies of the twins are being sent to the state crime lab for autopsies. Investigators said it's not clear if they died before or after being placed in the suitcase. "You could have taken them to the fire station, you know, something like that," resident Santia Wallace said. "You don't have to kill no kids. Here I am, want to have kids and for you to like, kill them? Like, who does that?"

WYNNE, Ark. —

Authorities say the bodies of two newborn twins have been found in a suitcase along the side of road in northeast Arkansas.

WREG reported deputies found the bodies Friday afternoon in on a ditch bank along a County Road 602 in Wynne. The bodies were in a purple suitcase.

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"It's hard to comprehend," Walter Hill, who lives in the area, said. "I mean, I wouldn't know why anyone would abandon two little babies like that."

Detective Sergeant Jeffrey Nichols said the investigation is ongoing and they are asking the public for any information of the victims or a suspect. Nichols said his office has several persons of interest, but did not elaborate further.

The bodies of the twins are being sent to the state crime lab for autopsies. Investigators said it's not clear if they died before or after being placed in the suitcase.

"You could have taken them to the fire station, you know, something like that," resident Santia Wallace said. "You don't have to kill no kids. Here I am, want to have kids and for you to like, kill them? Like, who does that?"